Onitsha, Anambra, collapsed after a downpour
on Wednesday. The incident occurred at
24 Obanye St. near the Onitsha General Post
Office at about 3.30 p.m. A correspondent of the News Agency of
Nigeria who was at the scene of the incident in Onitsha, gathered that
no life was lost in the incident.
A witness who spoke on condition of anonymity said that builders and
labourers working on the building were not around for work as the
downpour started at about 6.30 a.m.
"We heard a heavy sound and as most of the
neighbours in the street rushed out, we saw the
uncompleted building collapsing. "It was a big surprise to all of us
because we noticed that recently work on the building was going on at
a very high speed. "It is just a pity for such a huge financial loss.
But thank God that no one was working in the building today and no one
was injured in the incident,'' he said.
As at the time of this report, the cause of the
collapse had yet to be ascertained. A similar incident had occurred in June.
(NAN)
I would never forget what happened on one of my many trips to lag after d exams, I saw a trailer carrying Blocks for Julius Berger Company and I compared it to d ones I always see in awka, it's quite pathetic that people use inferior materials to build their homes.
ReplyDeleteIf just a heavy downpour could bring dat building down, I wonder what the builder had in mind..
ReplyDeleteAbeg what's the purpose of a buildin. no be for shelter (shelter frm heavy downpour)
Hmmmm. ndi mmadu